P  S 

3519 

038 

F55 

1917 

BANG 


University  of  California  •  Berkeley 

THE  PETER  AND  ROSELL  HARVEY 

MEMORIAL  FUND 


la    of 


O  Shine  ! 
Last  Lingering  Star  of  Hope 

of 
All  Humanity  ! 


To 

The  Honorable  JAMES  ROLPH,  JR., 

Mayor   of   San   Francisco 

For   His    True    Patriotism 

In    Donating   and   Personally    Presenting 

A  Silken   Flag 

To 

Company    "A," 

Ninth  California   Colored  Volunteers 

As  a  Token  of  Esteem  and  Loyalty  of 

His    Colored   Fellow    Citizens 


Copyright,  1917,  by 

THE  LINCOLN  ART  PUBLISHING  CO. 
All   Rights  Reserved. 


of 


Jf 


ree 


Flag  of  the  free,  our  sable  sires 

Have  borne  thee  oft  before 
Into   hot   battles'   hell-lit   fires, 

Against   the   fiercest   foe. 
When   first   he   shook   his    shaggy   mein, 

And  made  the  welkin  ring, 
Brave  Attucks  fell  upon  the  Plain, 

Thy  stripes  first  crimsoning! 

Thy   might  and  majesty  we   hurl, 

Against    the   bolts   of   Mars; 
And  from   thy  ample  folds   unfurl 

Thy    field    of    flaming    stars! 
Fond  hope  to  nations  in  distress, 

Thy   starry   gleam  shall  give; 
The  stricken  in  the  wilderness 

Shall  look  to  thee  and  live. 


What   matter   if  where   Boreas   roars, 

Or   where   sweet   zephyr   smiles? 
\Vhat    matter    it    where    eagle    soars, 

Or  in   the   sunlit   isles? 
Thy   flowing  crimson  stripes  shall  wave 

Above   the  bluish  brine:; 
Emblazoned  ensign  ot   the  brave, 

And   Liberty    enshrine! 


Flag  of  the   free,   still   float  on  high 

Through   every    age   to   come; 
Bright  beacon  of  the  azure  sky, 

True  light  of  Freedom's  dome. 
'Till  nations  all  shall  cease  to  grope 

In    vain    for    liberty — 
(.)  shine,  last  lingering  star  of  hope 

Of  all   humanity ! 

-EDWARD  SMYTH  JOXFS. 


U.C.  BERKELEY  LIBRARIES 


CDDt,SMM73S 


